<div dir="ltr">Also: 3.3 Million dollars isn't even a drop in the bucket. <br><br>The shutdown has cost a rough total of $1.6 Billion already.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Stephen Kraus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ub3ratl4sf00@gmail.com" target="_blank">ub3ratl4sf00@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">You are assuming that they care about Bitcoin or see the value in it. They don't, or at least they haven't shown any interest in it publicly. Its very doubtful that they would intend to do such a thing anyways, as the FBI/Secret Service tends to get their value from seized possessions through public auction, but if its something they see as not having a recognizable value they will simply destroy it. <br>

<br>Not to mention: The budget crisis has only been compounded by the shutdown. <br><br>Bitcoin is not a solution to the budget crisis. Nice penny stocks idea, but I doubt the Federal Reserve sees any value in bitcoin <br>

<br>Not to mention: You are trying to assign the value of the bitcoins retained on the hard disks to the computer hardware they reside on, that is not how they are going to value it. Chances are, due to the fact that they are using information on that very system to hunt down illicit drug re-sellers, they are not letting that hardware out to the public, at least with the hard disks intact.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Rod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rod-lists@epbfi.com" target="_blank">rod-lists@epbfi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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<div><div>That be like destroying a 3.3 million dollar piece of equipment.</div><div>Yes I am aware of the burn pits overseas, but this is just too high profile for them to be that stupid.</div><div>Especially in the middle of a budget crisis.</div>

<div dir="ltr">Depends. The Federal government doesn't really recognize Bitcoin as a tradable currency or medium of trade. There is the chance they'll auction off the Bitcoins. That is the closest they'll probably come to profiting off them.<br>

<div><div>But how do they liquidate it? That is the question? I don't think they will delete $3.3 million assett which will likely be worth more once the legal wrangling is over.</div><div><div><div><br></div>
<div>On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:37:48 -0400, Stephen Kraus <<a href="mailto:ub3ratl4sf00@gmail.com" target="_blank">ub3ratl4sf00@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0.80ex;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;padding-left:1ex">